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Rodkey, Kansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sherlock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67851. The Survey maps it on the Lowe quadrangle. It stands 2,904 feet above sea level.

Rodkey within Finney County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

50 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Rodkey between 2002 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Fireworks12
Debris and open burning4
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service579
9 August 2002Natural18 acresGreeley Countynot named
9 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFinney County492
7 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFinney County484
4 July 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFinney County465
4 July 2015Fireworksunder an acreKansas Forest Service387
4 July 2015Fireworksunder an acreKansas Forest Service31
4 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service394

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Finney County

Storms near this place

14 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rodkey in 14 storm reports between 2007 and 2019: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2019Heavy RainRodkey-Rainfall of 2.05 inches was observed.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindRodkey-Winds were estimated to be at least 60 MPH.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindRodkey-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindRodkey-The winds were estimated to be blowing 65 MPH.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindRodkey-Significant blowing dust was reported with the high winds. Visibility was reduced to 1/4 mile or less.
July 2012Heavy RainRodkey-Rainfall of 5.50 was observed.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindRodkey-A truck was blown off highway 50.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindRodkey-The trained spotter indicated 65 mph winds at North Highway 83 and Six Mile Road.
July 2018HailRodkey-no account filed
October 2011HailRodkey-no account filed
August 2010HailRodkey-no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindRodkey-no account filed
February 2007HailRodkey-no account filed
June 2007HailRodkey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Finney County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Lowe2.1 miles10
Quinby2.5 miles14
Holcomb2.8 miles14
Ritchal3.9 miles8
Garden City5.5 miles14
Peterson5.9 miles8
Wolf7.6 miles8
Tennis10.3 miles10

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on RodkeyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7356802The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484572. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.